The Court Circular began with King George III's appointment of a 'Court Newsman' whose job consisted solely of supplying the daily newspapers with accurate information on Royal movements.
It seems likely that the description of the previous day's Court activities was not originally known by this name and did not appear in the same format that it does today.
In 1819, 1821 and 1823, items of news in The Times were quoted as 'from the Court Circular', and this became a daily heading from 1827.
How the Court Circular is written today
Today, the Court Circular reports the previous day's Royal engagements in selected British newspapers and on this website.
It is written by an Information Officer based in the Private Secretary’s Office at Buckingham Palace.
King George III created the role of a 'Court Newsman', whose job consisted solely of supplying the daily newspapers with accurate information on Royal movements
A copy of the Court Circular as reported in The Times is retained by Buckingham Palace in a special book which is then passed to the Royal Archives at Windsor Castle.
Quotation: ‘King George III created the role of a 'Court Newsman', whose job consisted solely of supplying the daily newspapers with accurate information on Royal movements’
